The Process Pillar is our assessment of how sensible, clearly defined, and repeatable DES’s performance objective and investment process is for both security selection and portfolio construction.
People Pillar
The People Pillar is our evaluation of the DES management team’s experience and ability. We find that high-quality management teams deliver superior performance relative to their benchmarks and/or peers.
Parent Pillar
The Parent Pillar is our rating of DES’s parent organization’s priorities and whether they’re in line with investors’ interests.
A sound dividend option.
Ryan Jackson
Analyst
Summary
We have qualitatively reviewed this strategy and reaffirmed its Above Average Process and Average People ratings. The following text is from April 25, 2023.